São Paulo aim to stop the rot in worst defensive run in 10 years | OneFootball

Still dreaming of a spot in the next edition of the Copa Libertadores, São Paulo's primary mission for its last two commitments in the current Brazilian Championship, if it really wants to keep its dream alive, is to stop the bleeding in defense.

After the embarrassment of conceding 6-0 to Fluminense in its last match last week, the tricolor club reached the inglorious mark of ten goals conceded in three games.

The last time São Paulo conceded ten goals in just three games, as it has now, was between November 19 and 28, 2015, which included victories by 4-2 over Atlético-MG and 3-2 over Figueirense, as well as another historic thrashing, the 6-1 loss to Corinthians in Itaquera.

This has only happened 27 other times in the club's history, with four instances of 11 goals conceded, two with 12 goals, and one with 13.

They occurred in November 1936 (11 goals), November 1937, April 1938, March 1940, May 1940, July 1940 (12 goals), August 1940, December 1941, December 1944, December 1945, July 1947 (12 goals), November 1947, January 1950 (11 goals), March 1952, March 1956, April 1959, March 1960, September 1961, June 1962, August 1962 (11 goals), May 1965 (13 goals), October 1966, June 1983 (11 goals), March 1985, December 1994, September 1998, and February 2000.

Overall, with two games still to play, the Tricolor has conceded 46 goals. It is the club's worst record in the main national club competition since 2017. At that time, eight years ago, the team, which fought to avoid relegation, conceded 49 in 38 rounds.

Since 2006, when the Brazilian Championship with a points system began featuring 20 teams and 38 rounds, São Paulo's worst defensive performance was in 2010, when the team conceded 54 goals. The best record was in 2007, during the Brazilian pentachampionship, with only 19 goals conceded.

São Paulo still faces Internacional at Vila Belmiro this Wednesday (3), in its last home game, and then visits Vitória at Barradão in the farewell to the Brasileirão.

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